Today was a dream day for me — I met my hero photographer, Steve McCurry!! What a guy, he’s traveled all over the world and made some of the best-known images to date:… Continue reading
No, I’m not dead and this blog is not dead either. It’s just that I’ve not had anything worth reporting that is photography-related to in the last … year. OK, I was on… Continue reading
The “Color Photography” course with Harald Mante was a lot of fun. The group consisted of 13 participants with very different photographic backgrounds and artistic aspirations, and the equipment ranged from a film… Continue reading
In an hour I’m leaving for a two-week trip to Trier where I’ll be taking a photographic course with Harald Mante. The topic is “Color Photography” and I’m really quite excited. I’ve never… Continue reading
Inspired by Saul Leiter…
This week I was in Mannheim again, so I took the time and visited Hasselblad Foundation’s World Stars of Photography. On display are 6-10 original prints by each of all the 28 winners… Continue reading
How many of the following photographers have you heard of? Graciela Iturbide, Nan Goldin, David Goldblatt, Lee Friedlander, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Malick Sidibé, Jeff Wall, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Boris Mikhailov, Cindy Sherman, William… Continue reading
I’ve been photographing seriously for about 13 years now and until March of 2008 I would have said that I’m absolutely not a person photographer. I used to take extra care to avoid… Continue reading
The job is consuming lots and lots of my time lately, but yesterday I had a short breather, so I visited Karin Székessy’s exhibition Photography in Hamburg’s Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe. The… Continue reading
I’ve been so incredibly busy lately, I haven’t taken almost any images in three months! My hands are itching and I have several ideas, but either the weather does not cooperate or I… Continue reading
I’m fascinated by “photographers” who almost never photograph, but instead theorize in various discussion forums about the significance of certain technical features or constantly browse the Internet for news about new bodies and… Continue reading
World Press Photo is a non-profit foundation that organizes (in their own words) the world’s largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest. Each year the winning photographs are presented to the public… Continue reading
